November 12, 2014

My 45mins Mentorship For The Next Generation Of Nigerian Netpreneurs Who Want To Hit The Ground Running

While many people don't know what they want in life, there are others who know exactly what they want.

Those who know what they want can further be separated into different categories: Those who are too lazy or not ready to do what it takes to get what they want, we also have those who are ready to do what it takes to get what they want but don't know how to get started and so on.

To those who know what they want and are ready to do what it takes to get what they want but don't know how to get started, all they need is direction; in the form of a mentorship...most times no more than 1 hour of mentorship.

Over the years, many young guys make attempt to chat me up on facebook looking for advice to succeed in internet marketing. I usually respond and screen them by their response to my barrage of short, simple questions. Many of these guys are usually freebie seekers and time-wasters and don't get more than 5-10mins of my time.

But on June 3 2013, a young man, Akan Essien by name, proved to me that he's worthy of my simple practical mentorship for serious upcoming netpreneurs, and he got it in 45 mins. the following day being June 4th.

The mentorship session wasn't that long, but because Essien knows what he wants and is ready to do whatever it takes to get it, it was just enough.

I didn't hear from Essien again till November 7th 2014. And when I finally heard from him, it was a testimonial.

I decided to document this chat on my blog so that other upcoming netpreneurs can learn from it. I'll also be referring many other young netpreneurs to this post to save me some time for some more important tasks.Read my chat with Essien line by line and learn...

All you do in information marketing is to find a pressing problem that people are willing to pay to know the solution. Then, sit down and do a thorough research on that problem. Write your findings out in MS Word, convert it to PDF, and promote it to people you think will need it.

You know, i never get the chance to thank you for saving me from the grasp of this MLM business i wanted to venture into while starting. I never told you, i stick to your advice on business choice; website designing/hosting, information marketing, affiliate marketing or Fiverr. I started with affiliate marketing, then added Fiverr (selling my designs skills) and now am doing very good with all and information marketing as well. I've made money from working my own time that i never thought it was possible.So i want to say Thank you for teaching and inspiring me, making me to get the knowledge of building business and being my own boss. Its a great feeling, i tell you.Thank you, thank you very much... Hoping to learn more from you.

Lordson Okpetu is a media practitioner with over a decade experience acros print and digital publications. Lordson graduated from the University of Benin with a bachelors degree. He joined SuccessDigest in 2007 and rose through the ranks to become the Associate Editor [Special Duties. Lordson was appointed pioneer Editor-in-chief of Concise News in 2016 and grew the new digital publication to enviable heaights in three years.